Election Night (+4) in America - Result: Biden Elected President (20 Viewers)

[GrandAdmiral]

I'll probably be flipping between CNN, NBC, and probably PBS if they have coverage.

What station you got?

 

[LA - L.A.]

I'll go! Hell, forget bridges, I'll freakin' swim if it means a chance to yeet that sad coward out of the White House.

I was referring to dealing with violent Trump supporters. I'll leave that to the professionals.

 

[DaveXA]

Think about it. Elections are governed by state law. They got involved in the 2000 election on equal protection grounds based on different treatment of votes between counties in the same state. And in 2000, it came down to only ONE state, and the margin in FL in 2000 was less than 1,000. Right now, there are multiple states where Biden is winning by tens of thousands of votes. The way this is trending, the SC isn't changing this, and they aren't likely to even touch it.

Agreed. This scenario would make a terrible test case and wouldn't change the outcome of anything. I would give Trump a week to concede, then go ahead and declare Biden the winner after all of the states are completed with the counts and certified.

 

[LA - L.A.]

Trump's already starting to turn on his legal team as not being good enough to win his elections challenges. The courts will not change the outcome of the election.

 

[Xeno]

Trump's already starting to turn on his legal team as not being good enough to win his elections challenges. The courts will not change the outcome of the election.

Yep. And while he may be right that they're not good enough to pull it off they are good enough to know there's just no legal argument for them to make.

Trump's best hope for flipping a state after the fact was colluding with PA GOP legislators to throw out the popular vote and appoint their own electors. That got thrown out the window last night when GOP leadership in PA said they can't because state law ties electors to the popular vote.

 

[DaveXA]

I was referring to dealing with violent Trump supporters. I'll leave that to the professionals.

Lol, hell no. That bridge is to the WH, not to those idiots.

 

[bdb13]

Trump's already starting to turn on his legal team as not being good enough to win his elections challenges. The courts will not change the outcome of the election.

He's given them a loser case.. by being the loser.

 

[Lapaz]

Your original comment was "it is high time that we stop describing people as intelligent ..." You commented on people's intelligence, not the intelligence of the things they believe or do.

I agree with you that irrational behavior is not intelligent. By their very definitions they are opposites. Again, irrationality is an issue of emotions, not intelligence, and as we all know intelligent people believe and do irrational things to some degree. A person can be both intelligent and irrational. They are not mutually exclusive.

When intelligent people are letting their emotions make them think or do irrational things, insulting their intelligence only drives them deeper into those irrational thoughts and behaviors.

An intelligent person who irrationally believes in QAnon is still an intelligent person and calling them unintelligent is in itself irrational, misguided and counter productive.

I understand the spirit of giving people the benefit of the doubt, but if they believe in conspiracy theorists like QAnon, then they lack critical thinking. They may not be mentally handicapped, but they probably also aren't intelligent. At the very least they lack emotional intelligence.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

It’s that #5 on the list that has me concerned, hope yall are right




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[Xeno]

 

[Xeno]

It’s that #5 on the list that has me concerned, hope yall are right




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He has to succeed at #2 and #3 before he can get to #5. So far he's failed at both.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

So if you're Joe Biden, how long do you wait before you declare victory?

 

[Xeno]

So if you're Joe Biden, how long do you wait before you declare victory?

Until at least one major outlet calls it for you. Doing it before then would be a Trump move.

 

[J-DONK]

So if you're Joe Biden, how long do you wait before you declare victory?

Till the networks call it. There is no reason to rush it. Republicans are slowly moving through the stages of grief.

 

[MT15]

Not strictly about the election, but we need a distraction right now, and this is hilarious. Who listens to this mook?

 

[DaveXA]

So if you're Joe Biden, how long do you wait before you declare victory?

I'd wait like a gentleman until the states finish counting and certifies their results, then if Trump hasn't conceded by then, go ahead and declare. Tonight is too soon without a concession imo. But I wouldn't be mad if he did tbh.

 

[J-DONK]

Does anyone know the senate rules? If Democrats win the special elections in GA is it going to be to late to get rid of the filibuster?

 

[MT15]

I don’t think the states certify for at least two weeks, though, Dave. I don’t think he needs to wait that long.

 

[JRad]

Of course

Evacuations underway after bomb threats near Philadelphia vote counting centre

Security officials received two calls from the same individual were received on Friday

www.independent.co.uk

How long until Fox calls them anarchist rioters?